Thursday, January 29, 2009

One of the comments I received on YouTube, for the beef slider video recipe said, "When I saw you put the meat into the muffins cups, I was hoping you were making some kind of meat muffins." My first thought was, "Have another bong hit." My second thought was, "Actually, I could go for a nice meat muffin." So, down to my secret lab I went.

A few hours and several adult beverages later, I was starring at a plate of barbecue pork stuffed corn muffins. This new American classic - part Chinese pork bun, part corndog - looked good, tasted great, and felt oh-so-right in my hand.

Not only did the warm muffin feel good, but also I was eating cornbread with barbecue pork and my fingers were absolutely spotless! Hundreds of years from now, I believe this will be considered the true genius of the recipe.

By the way, I can’t take credit for the brilliant "Kernel Porker" name. I posted this recipe on About.com and asked for some name suggestions from the other guides. The working title, "Memphis Meat Muffins" was a bit too disturbing, and sounded more like a Southern punk rock band.

My friend Barbara Rolek, About's Eastern European Food Guide, submitted this title. If you are ever looking for recipes from that part of the world, check out her great site. Also, if you can't find Jiffy, here is a cornbread recipe video. Enjoy!

30 comments:

granny
said...

Fantastic! This recipe has few ingredients and can be made up quickly. I wonder if you can substitute chili for the barbecued pork. Have to try it with both. Not to complain but you sure took long enough to share this with us.

Sorry this is off-topic, but I can't figure out how to contact you about your about.com videos.

I'm watching your 'how to prepare perfect sushi rice' video. You say to 'rinse the rice for a few minutes...'. Do you actually mean that we should rinse rice under running water for 180 seconds or more? Or did you just mean 'a few seconds'?

I make a sorry version of sushi, so I'll believe you if you say to rinse it that long. But that's a lot of water, and I'd hate to waste it if I'm just misunderstanding what needs to be done.

I will be giggling about your working title all day! I can't wait to try the recipe tonight! Thanks! I never dreamed of a meal featuring BBQ pork which wouldn't be the prelude to dry cleaning of drapes...

Oh Mr. McChef; you've done it again. I mixed BBQ ssuce with chicken (what I had on hand) and the kids just loved it! What a blessing for a nutritious & delicious quick snack or main course. Thanks again Chef John:)

I made these last night. A friend linked me to your site when I mentioned I was making pulled pork. So I used the left overs. But....my boyfriend and I will make these often, we experimented with other leftovers that we had in the fridge (fried chicken, taco meat, meatless crumbles, and italian sausage). We topped them with different things, (cheddar cheese, mozzerella for the italian sausage, seasame seeds for the meatless, nothing for the chicken, and pepper for the taco). They all turned out amazingly well, and they are an excellent and tasty way to clean out the fridge. We've determined they'd be good as desserts with nutella or jam. And excellent for parties with all sorts of different fillings. Thank you so much for the recipe, and for inspiring us!!

Wow...Love your videos! I am soooo happy that I came across them! This was so awesome because it is so Easy even for a bad cook like me and it turned out sooooo Good :D Thank you Thank you thank you!!! Can't wait to try making your other videos :)